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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Rodney Baker <rodney.baker () iinet ! net ! au>
Date:       2014-01-28 8:35:42
Message-ID: 2525165.zJ54zl8NJG () mako
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:34:01 Markus Koßmann wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 21. Januar 2014, 19:07:31 schrieb Amuraritei Andrei:
> > Short procedure for installing 331.38 is:
> > 
> > Get the 331.38.run install file.
> > 
> > 0. Boot with kernel param 3 or in terminal as root do systemctl stop xdm.
> > 1. sh NVIDIA...331.38.run -x to extract.
> > 2. cp nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch to NVIDIA...331.38 folder
> > 3. Apply patch with patch -p 1 -i ./nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch for example.
> > 4. ./nvidia-installer -a
> > 5. Reboot.
> > 6. Profit.
> 
> Just one addition : Don't delete the unpacked nvidia driver sources after
> installation. If you install a new kernel version,  you can run
> ./nvidia-installer -aK -k <new kernel version>
> to build the nvidia kernel driver  module for the new kernel version before
> booting the new kernel.
> No need to boot into textmode first to reinstall the nvidia drivers any
> more.

Or, install DKMS, run the Nvidia install script and allow it to register with 
DKMS. No more manually building kernel modules after kernel updates. Works for 
Nvidia and VirtualBox drivers here. :-)

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